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<blockquote data-quote="dadside" data-source="post: 192368" data-attributes="member: 5707"><p>[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">Therapeutic schools/institutions for teens cover a wide range of types and philosophies, even between places calling themselves the same kind of thing. Hospitals are relatively straightforward, and primarily for short-term treatment, not long-term care and therapy. Most everything else seems to be called a "Therapeutic Boarding School", "Emotional Growth Boarding School", or "Residential Treatment Center". Original distinctions between these has blurred considerably, and you really have to look behind the label to assess what the place is really about. Also, at least until a couple of years ago, the state license to operate a residential therapeutic school called the school an Residential Treatment Center (RTC).</span>[/FONT]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">Most of these places address the needs of kids with behavioral issues, commonly along with (and related to) emotional/psychological issues. No place is good for everyone, although many would do well for a large number of students in need of that kind of help. An appropriate school can usually be found for even the "more challenging" cases, although it may not be near the student's home, and may not be easy to identify. The same applies to what some call "transitional living" arrangements.</span>[/FONT]</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Paying for these facilities etc. is another matter. If the student's school performance is notably lower than their "innate" ability, and if that under-performance can be attributed to the psychological issue(s) involved, the local school district may be obligated to pay the whole cost, perhaps excluding transportation. Getting them to do so is another subject.[/FONT]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dadside, post: 192368, member: 5707"] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Therapeutic schools/institutions for teens cover a wide range of types and philosophies, even between places calling themselves the same kind of thing. Hospitals are relatively straightforward, and primarily for short-term treatment, not long-term care and therapy. Most everything else seems to be called a "Therapeutic Boarding School", "Emotional Growth Boarding School", or "Residential Treatment Center". Original distinctions between these has blurred considerably, and you really have to look behind the label to assess what the place is really about. Also, at least until a couple of years ago, the state license to operate a residential therapeutic school called the school an Residential Treatment Center (RTC).[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Most of these places address the needs of kids with behavioral issues, commonly along with (and related to) emotional/psychological issues. No place is good for everyone, although many would do well for a large number of students in need of that kind of help. An appropriate school can usually be found for even the "more challenging" cases, although it may not be near the student's home, and may not be easy to identify. The same applies to what some call "transitional living" arrangements.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Paying for these facilities etc. is another matter. If the student's school performance is notably lower than their "innate" ability, and if that under-performance can be attributed to the psychological issue(s) involved, the local school district may be obligated to pay the whole cost, perhaps excluding transportation. Getting them to do so is another subject.[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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